Monday morning after a long turkey hunting recess I hooked up and went to Bussey. The large fish being caught there drew me like a magnet. Fishing started around 8:30. One of the main reasons of going was to make sure I could still go and get in and out of the lake. There were 25 trucks in the parking lot and half of the boats were spread out for the first quarter mile down the ditch. I went out into the lake on the east side to start. It’s a jungle of dead willow trees mostly and fishing that kind of cover is not my forte but I was determined to do it. I started with a jig and a craw trailer and it took a long time to get a bite. There were lily pads just coming out so there was temptation to fish with something else but I held my ground. Finally I did get a bite and it was so surprising I almost waited too long to set the hook. It was a 3 3/4 and shortly thereafter another small bass <2 pounds. I circled that area twice but no more bites. Every now and then I made a circle out in the pads with a swimbait but the water was a little dirty, 8 inch visibility. There was a guy sitting with his boat run up in between a couple of trees. He sat there for 20 minutes making short casts to the same spot. I put on the spot lock and got out my binoculars. He was looking at his screen in front obviously a forward facing sonar, and looking at a big fish but couldn’t make it bite. I left there and went to a place where Jackson and I had caught some fish in some bushes next to some lily pads. This place was not as wind protected as where I had been fishing and the wind made it impossible to fish a jig so I picked up a swimbait and fished in the pads. I thought the water was not clear enough for a swimbait but to my surprise I caught another 3 pounder. Three fish for the day , none as large as the ones you read about coming from Bussey but a good day nevertheless.